Following in the footsteps of his literary hero, researcher and historian Oliver Lewis set out to visit all the places to have inspired and been lived in by George Orwell.
Over three years he tra..
The story of the early athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today's culture wars.
In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women's sports, d..
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball takes us into the depths of the internet to trace the origins and rapid ascent of QAnon, the movement that mutated from a niche online conspi..
It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This 'Other Renais..
Inspired by thousands of years of Chinese thought, an enchanting and heart-opening illustrated fable about a young boy who explores the many ways to make meaning and find joy in the everyday.
Som..
Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal deployment globally of Israel's occupation-enforcing technologies.
For more than 50 years, the occup..
'A wonderful way to teach kids about anxiety and how to manage it.' Jo Lamble, Clinical Psychologist
'A book that's compassionate, gentle, reassuring, pointing the way forward through the very re..
Today the Russian state declares that there are three sacred battlefields in its Motherland where 'victory' changed the course of the nation's history:
The first is at Kulikovo. At this location Dmi..
Your inbox is at max capacity. So is your brain. Your document filing system just means making more folders. You've lost count of the number of browser tabs you have open. You're entirely dependent on..
Say 'Coppola' and The Godfather immediately comes to mind. But Coppola isn't Corleone -- he's more than that.
He's a visionary who predicted that digital cameras - no larger than one's hand - wou..
A new scientific 7-step process for achieving mindfulness and unlocking your creativity at will.
What if you could enter a calm and focused state where you feel entirely absorbed and productive, ..
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023
'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book' Sathnam Sanghera
'By thinking about gendered inequality as ro..
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023
'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book' Sathnam Sanghera
'By thinking about gendered inequality as ro..
Trace the inspirational teachings of peace from some of the greatest minds of all time with The Peace Book.
"Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace m..
A powerful new anthology of feminist voices throughout history and from around the world
The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing selects writing from across time and throughout the world, creating a..
Spanning three centuries and eight thousand nautical miles, and compiled by a direct descendant of a sailor who waged war with pirates in the early nineteenth century, The Penguin Book of Pirates take..
The definitive guide to the history of economic thought, fully revised twenty years after first publication
Roger Backhouse's definitive guide takes the story of economic thinking from the ancien..
A revelatory new history of Spain, from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first, drawing on a wealth of Spanish-led historical scholarship never before seen in English
'Spain is different..
True crime monsters, historic jerks, and Earth's lowest of the low get their due
There's no rest for the wicked! Darkly hilarious and deeply satisfying, The People You Meet in Hell takes comedy r..
For the first time ever, eight generations live side-by-side. This groundbreaking new book reveals what we must change and how to all benefit from our multigenerational society.
The Perennials ca..
A geek's guide to the elemental building blocks of the DC Multiverse- its characters
Discover the elemental properties and explosive reactions of iconic DC characters
From Superman, whose p..
A riveting insider account of how activists, politicians, educators and citizens are working to change minds, bridge divisions and save democracy from the bestselling author of Winners Take All
I..
Discover the most important ideas in philosophy and the individuals behind them
Get to grips with the concepts that shaped the way we think about ethics, politics, and our place in the universe. ..
What is really happening in your brain when you use your phone, and how to harness it.
Humans are often fearful of the day the world will be ruled by machines, but have they not already taken ove..
Learn to edit, organise, and present your best work - and become a better photographer in the process!
Once a photographer has learned the fundamental techniques of photography - the basics of e..
If you want to make it beyond Instagram as a photographer you have to give a solid listen to the ideas, tips and overall mindset that Finn shares in this workshop. @alexstrohlDon't just take a picture..
'Brilliant and fundamental, this is the necessary book about our prime global emergency' Ian McEwan
The news is full of hotly debated and divergent claims about the impacts and risks of climate c..
This is a story about a piano and its most prodigious player - how it, along with him, survived.
When her father died, singer songwriter Roxanne de Bastion inherited a piano she knew had be..
An extraordinarily dramatic reconstruction of the greatest border breach in Cold War history
In August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists did the unthinkable- they entered the forbidden militar..
'Baggini offers us a tempting smorgasbord of some of the most baffling, weird and occasionally downright creepy scenarios ever envisaged... enjoy these mind-boggling tales from the outer limit of thou..
A visual journey through the state of Rajasthan in India to explore and awaken your creativity in the arts and crafts. Artist Debra Luker, on her first trip to India, discovered it to be her personal..
This majestically illustrated and deeply insightful guide explores 100 of the most spiritually significant places throughout the world, seeking to understand what it is that defines these sites. Spiri..
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman,from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging coll..
Learn how to understand the skies with this comprehensive pocket guide to cloudspotting. Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout history, their fleeting magnificence and endless variabi..
'This is a vital book. Hand this out in schools, in the workplace, everywhere. It's also beautifully written.' Olivia Colman
'Brilliant. Patriarchy 101' Amnesty UK
'Immersive and..
By popular demand, New Zealand's most popular parenting writer has drawn on his extensive experience in family therapy and working with the country's most difficult teenagers to write the book that wi..
What exactly is contemporary war art in the West today? This book considers the place of contemporary war art in the 2020s, a whole generation after 9/11 and long past the 'War on Terror'.
Explor..
Featuring 300 cards of iconic pop culture moments from the beginning of the century to now, players must arrange each event in chronological order to win.
From movie releases to music videos, fas..
After thirty years of retreat, the last decade has witnessed a resurgent left in the United States and Western Europe. This upsurge of anti-establishment candidates was not only left-wing but also pop..
A comprehensive introduction to the styles and techniques of portrait photography.
Through simple projects on subjects such as 'Making Self-Portraits' and 'Capturing Personal Moments' as well as..
'Warm, honest and full of inspiring tips, Florence's story shows us that pottery has the power to soothe the heart and heal the mind.' JULIA SAMUEL
'An honest and redemptive story about the..
Power is not working-for women, for men, or for the world. We don't need to remake women. We need to remake power.
New York Times bestselling authors Katty Kay and Claire Shipman are on a mission..
Niall O Murchu shares insightful stories from his practise to demonstrate how bringing intention to our thoughts and breath during cold water exposure can be transformative. Starting with small altera..
New York Times Bestseller
Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years-including the pandemic-to show how we can respond to three great cri..
How to make fun an essential part of a balanced, purposeful and healthy life, from the bestselling author of How to Break Up with Your Phone.
When did you last feel exhilarated and light-hearted?..
'Every page of this book is fascinating, glorious, and profound. This is one of the great frontiers of science for our age'
Daniel M. Davis, author of The Beautiful Cure and The Secret Body
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An acclaimed psycholinguist reveals how language shapes our brain - and moulds the way we look at the world
Why should we learn more than one language?
Can it change the way we think?
Does it..
The bestselling self-help book of its generation - which has sold millions of copies worldwide. Eckhart Tolle demonstrates how to live a healthier and happier life by living in the present moment.
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In the spring of 2021, when news outlets feasted on "the Facebook Files," Frances Haugen went public as the former employee who blew the whistle on the company by copying tens of thousands of document..